King James Version

Matthew 10:42

And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “maybe” (ἂν) before shall give here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “if” (ἐὰν) before shall give here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andὃςhoswhosoeverὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “whosoever”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.whosoeverἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.ποτίσῃpotisēshall give to drinkποτίζω (potizō)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “shall give to drink”, a single actionG4222I cause to drink, give to drink; irrigate, water.This verse uses “give to drink”.shall give to drinkἕναhenaunto oneεἷς (heis)adjective, accusative, singular, masculine — “unto one”, the object formG1520one.unto oneτῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.μικρῶνmikrōnlittle onesμικρός (mikros)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “little ones”, the of-formG3398little, small.This verse uses “little”.little onesτούτωνtoutōnthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ποτήριονpotēriona cupποτήριονnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “a cup”, the object formG4221a drinking cup, the contents of the cup; fig: the portion which God allots.a cupψυχροῦpsuchrouof coldψυχρός (psuchros)adjective, genitive, singular, neuter — “of cold”, the of-formG5593cool, cold; fig: cold-hearted.This verse uses “cold”.of coldμόνονmononwater onlyμόνονadverb — “water only”G3440alone, but, only.This verse uses “only”.water onlyεἰςeisinεἰςpreposition — “in”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.inὄνομαonomanameὄνομαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “name”, the object formG3686name, character, fame, reputation.This verse uses “name”.the nameμαθητοῦmathētouof a discipleμαθητής (mathētēs)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “of a disciple”, the of-formG3101a learner, disciple, pupil.This verse uses “disciple”.of a discipleἀμὴνamēnverilyἀμήνparticle — “verily”G281verily, truly, amen; at the end of sentences may be paraphrased by: So let it be.This verse uses “verily”.verilyλέγωlegōI sayλέγωverb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “I say”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.I sayὑμῖνhuminunto youσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “unto you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.unto youοὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.μὴmēnotμήadverb — “not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.ἀπολέσῃapolesēloseἀπόλλυμι (apollumi)verb, aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “lose”, a single actionG622(a) I kill, destroy, (b) I lose, mid: I am perishing (the resultant death being viewed as certain).This verse uses “lose”.loseτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.μισθὸνmisthonrewardμισθός (misthos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “reward”, the object formG3408(a) pay, wages, salary, (b) reward, recompense, punishment.This verse uses “reward”.rewardαὐτοῦautouheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ἐὰνeanifἐάνparticle — “if”G1437if.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Young’s Literal Translation

and whoever may give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward.'

World English Bible

Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple , most certainly I tell you , he will in no way lose his reward .”

Darby Translation

And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold [water] only, in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Douay-Rheims

And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.

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